Police chief to make $225,000

10:39 PM, June 28, 2013

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Incoming Detroit Police Chief James Craig will be paid $225,000 a year when he assumes his new position next week.

Craig will be on a two-year contract, said Bill Nowling, spokesman for emergency manager Kevyn Orr. Nowling said the new chief's salary was needed to attract a candidate of Craig’s caliber. Craig is returning to his hometown after being police chief in Cincinnati.

The Detroit City Council on Friday debated a new salary range for the incoming police chief. Mayor Dave Bing’s administration asked the council to approve changing the range from the current $85,700-$140,500, to $140,500-$225,000. Councilman Ken Cockrel Jr. said the debate would be moot because the final decision on salary would rest with Orr. Craig will make more than Bing, who earns $158,559.